Apparently, GTA 6 has been in development hell, ever since Dan Houser left the project. Seriously. Yes, I'm crying too.
[Update, June 29, 2022]
Rockstar fans, particularly GTA fans, just can't catch a break. Honestly, by this point, the game will release in 2030. I'm calling it.
Today, the person that said GTA 6 was struggling, was Tom Henderson. And let me tell you, that's not a good sign. That guy has a track record of getting things right, he said that Dragon Age 4 would be called Dragon Age: Dreadwolf before it was released. Love him for that, by the way.
So if Tom Henderson says that GTA 6 isn't in a good state, it's probably not in a good state.
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This tweet is an answer to a previous tweet of his where he replies to another tweet (bare with me) about the possible GTA 6 location(s). We can't really trust any leak, not if GTA 6 really is in such a bad state right now.
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Another leaker now suggests that GTA 6 in indeed in development hell. Read more about it here: GTA 6 Production is in trouble.
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Hold on, don't start crying just yet... read this, and then weep because it doesn't get better. You know how the GTA 6 release date is rumored to be in 2025 or beyond, right? Well, now it seems that we finally know why: Dan Houser leaving the studio apparently threw the entire development of GTA 6 into what is commonly known as 'development hell'. We know this, thanks to an insider at Rockstar Mag.
More specifically, the writer in question mentions that GTA 6 was originally supposed to get its reveal in 2020, but that obviously didn't come to pass. Apparently, the game has seen numerous story and gameplay-changes ever since 2019, and since the original vision of the Dan Houser was the 'Project Americas' setting that we heard so much about, and which we reported on here:
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Ever since, this has evolved drastically, or rather escalated, to the point where the leak' source claims that "this is the most messed up Rockstar production ever." Damn. Double-damn because I loved the Project Americas vision, and though the latest rumors pointed to an international setting, we've also heard plenty about GTA 6 adopting a Fortnite-style evolving map, and becoming a live-service game.
Whatever the case, the simple fact that we have two vastly different versions of GTA 6 circulating, is troubling. Also, the mere fact that Rockstar is re-releasing GTA 5 yet again, and putting all their marketing into the GTA Trilogy Remaster release, makes me think that they're trying to divert our attention from the mess that is GTA 6.
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Can you imagine the absolute sh*tstorm that we will witness, if GTA 6 turns into a Cyberpunk-like debacle? I can't, and I don't want to, because I just love GTA too much. Let's hope that Dan Houser leaving Rockstar isn't akin to the situation of Hideo Kojima leaving Konami, because, if it is, we're all f*cked.